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Jonathon Milne

合伙人兼开曼群岛办事处诉讼及重组部联席主管 Partner, Co-Head of Cayman Islands Litigation & Restructuring

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Jonathon Milne is a partner and co-head of our Litigation and Restructuring department in the Cayman Islands. He has extensive experience in complex litigation, insolvency and restructuring matters.

He is a Fellow of the International Association of Insolvency Practitioners and was selected for the Global Restructuring Review’s Rising Stars list, a global search. In 2022, he was named one of the 40 Lawyers to Watch in conjunction with the International Association of Insolvency Practitioners’ 40th anniversary celebrations.

He is highly regarded and recommended by leading legal directories for his outstanding work in litigation, restructuring, and insolvency. For example, an independent review by Legal 500 describes him as “an outstanding lawyer with superb analytical and writing skills and a deep knowledge and understanding of commercial law issues,” while an independent review by Chambers Global Guide calls him “an exceptional litigator with extensive experience in restructuring and insolvency in the Cayman Islands,” an “excellent communicator,” and “extremely professional and technically competent” and “trustworthy.”

A passionate and talented court advocate, he holds a high right of audience in the UK Supreme Court and received advanced advocacy training at Oxford University. A recent published judgment of the Cayman Islands Court praised him for “displaying first-class written and oral advocacy skills.”

Experience Highlights

  • Acting and appearing for officeholders and companies in relation to various cross-border restructuring matters (see, for example, Cineworld, Tailored BrandsDexin, Atlas Financial HoldingsSilver BaseGTI Holdings, Sun Cheong, China Bozza, Differ Auto, Golden Wheel and CAA Resources)
  • Advising in relation to complex and high-profile shareholder disputes (see, for example, Virginia Solution SPC Ltd and Seahawk)
  • Appearing as lead advocate on behalf a multi-national solar energy company (formerly listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange) in successfully discharging a Mareva injunction and removing receivers, and striking out a creditor’s winding up petition (see Hudson Capital Solar Infrastructure v Sky Solar Holdings Ltd and Re Sky Solar Holdings Ltd)
  • Appearing on behalf of officeholders, directors, managers, companies and creditors in relation to all manner of contested proceedings (see, for example, RBH Holdings, Spectra, Ayers Alliance, LinkSure, Stanford International, Barents Re, Avivo Group, BB Shares, Apollomics, Touradji Private EquityMatrix IncChina Resources and Transportation Group Ltd.Grafton Resources, TCA Global and Guoan International Ltd)
  • Advising the liquidators of a large Madoff feeder fund in relation to a US$2 billion claim against former service providers to the fund, including briefing expert and factual witnesses, managing electronic discovery, drafting submissions, appearing at a four month first instance trial and a 10 day appeal dealing with issues of limitation, reflective loss, causation and contributory negligence (see Primeo v Bank of Bermuda)
  • Acting for a major Nigerian retail bank in relation to successful fraud and tracing claims against a former CEO and founder of the bank, culminating in a £700 million damages award, including appearing at a two month long trial held between Lagos and London (see Access Bank plc v Akingbola)
  • Engaged as an expert on Cayman Islands law before various foreign tribunals

Professional Background

  • Dying (Cayman)
  • Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (London)
  • Philip Lee (Dublin)
  • Russell McVeagh (Auckland)

Education

  • Global Insolvency Practice Course, INSOL Fellow
  • South Eastern Circuit advanced advocacy programme at Oxford University
  • College of Law (New Zealand) advanced litigation skills programme
  • Victoria University of Wellington – conjoint LLB and BA (majoring in criminology and political science)
  • Awarded a Russell McVeagh scholarship for the study of law

Bar Admissions

  • Cayman Islands, Attorney-at-Law
  • England and Wales, Higher Rights of Audience
  • Ireland, Solicitor (not currently practising)
  • New South Wales, Australia, Barrister and Solicitor (not currently practising)
  • New Zealand, Barrister and Solicitor (not currently practising)

Awards and Honors

  • Listed as a “Next Generation Partner” in the 2023 edition of The Legal 500 Caribbean (listed since 2020) (Dispute Resolution)
  • Named to the “Up and Coming” list (Dispute Resolution) in the 2022 and 2023 editions of Chambers Global

Associations

  • Cayman Islands Law Practitioners Association, INSOL International, RISA, American Brankruptcy Institute